Undergarment.



A. B. SIBLEY.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.6, m4.

1, 1%,653. Patented July 20, 1915.

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WITNESE'E IN YENTUR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON, D. c.

ARTHUR IBUEL SIBLEY, OE BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

UNDERGARMENT.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BUEL SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the village of Bennington,in the county of Bennington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Under- 'garments, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, constitutes a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of that variety of undergarments commonly lmown as union suits in which an undershirt and drawers are unlted or made from a single pleceof fabrlc.

The object of the invention is to increasea at the present time. consists of two separate garments, viz., an undershirt, of which the flaps reach down below the hips, and the drawers which ordinarily reach up to the waist. Thus the contiguous extremities of both garments cover the dorsal and abdominal parts of the wearer and as they overlap each other between their adjacent extremities, a double thickness is secured around the parts ofthe body in question which at fords great comfort and warmth to the wearer and good protection to the kidneys, bladder and other delicate organs of the body which are situate in that region. In this invention which is peculiarly applicable to union suits which are made from a single thickness of fabric, the extra thickness to protect the person at the points mentioned may be obtained by dividing the garment into parts, a-n'upper or waistsection and a lower or drawers section. These two sections are ,made with sufficient length that the upper end of the lower section can be telescoped into the lower end of the waist section, in which telescoped relation the ends of both sections are stitched together so as Specification of Letters Patent.

to' leave the finished garment of the proper length to be worn. This methodofcom struction is fully demonstrated inthe drawings, wherein I ,Figure' 1' shows a front elevation of a union garment to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 shows a rear view of the waist section and exhibits the shape Patented July 20, 1915.

Applicationfiledlanuary 6,1914. Serial n 810,664.'

of the bottom edge before being united with the drawers section. Fig. 3 is also a rear view of the upper part of the drawer-section and shows the shape before connecting it with, the waist section. Fig. 4: is a vertical longitudinal section on the plane of the median line of thebody and .shows the construction of the union of the two sections. 5 is a plan view of the girdle of double thickness produced by the telescopedfconstruction and also plainly shows the narrowed breadth of the thickened girdle where it covers the bend of the body at the hips.

This improved union suit is preferably made from tubular knit fabric produced on a circular knitting machine, of sizes suitable for ordinary wear. The bust portion of the garment is made in any of the ordinary modes so far as the neck and sleeves are concerned, but is cut ofii at the bottom on a serpentine line which leaves an outline at the bottom which falls at the front below its limit at the sides. One-half of this shape is seen in Fig. 2 at 4, which is a counterpart of the shape of the front half of the body;

The drawer section of the garment is made up in any of the ordinary styles and its upper end .is cut off in style similar to the finish of the bottom edge of the waist section.

been fitted in the manner above specified to v be united, the lower part of section 1 is drawn over the upper part of section 2 the desired distance to secure an overlap in the center or widest part of the overlap of from 7 to 10 inches, more or less. The extent and appearance of this overlap is seen inFig. 4, the waist section reaching down to the line 5 and the drawer section reaching up to the line 3. The sections so placed and confined next go to a stitching or overseaming machine where they are sewed together on the serpentine lines which define the edges of the respective sections. When so sewed or seamed up they present an appearance similar to that seen in Fig. 1 at 6 and 5. This style of forming a union connection by telescoping the opposing ends of the two sections, each cut to the desired shape is simple and easy to carry out and the completed garment presents a finished appearance and the broad front and rear parts combined with the reduced width of the overlap at the hips gets rid of all superfluous cloth while preserving the maximum of warm protection of the body at those points where it is most desired.

It is very well known that a very large, if not the largest percentage of union suits now being made or on the market is made of ribbed knit cloth which is usually heavier and warmer than garments made from Balbriggan or plain cloth. It is also a fact that the sleeves and legs of union suits made from such ribbed cloth do not require ribbed cufis and anklets to finish the wrists of the sleeves and ankles of the drawers, for the reason that the ribbed fabric of the garment answers, substantially, the same purpose, but the wrists of ribbed sleeves which carry no cuffs become permanently stretched out by use and present a very flappy and unsightly appearance besides being extremely troublesome and inconvenient. For this reason ribbed cuffs attached to plain cloth sleeves are generally preferred to the sleeves made wholly of ribbed fabric and are worn without cuffs. Therefore, this invention opens a way at small expense, to reinforce the hips and loins of a plain undergarment and equip the extremities with ribbed cufis and anklets as seen in Fig. 1 which fit the arms and legs of the wearer much better than ribbed legs and sleeves do.

I therefore claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following:

l. A union undergarment comprising a waist section and a drawers sect-ion, the lower part of the former and the upper part of the latter being of serpentine shape, connected by sewing so that the convex portions of one section shall overlap the convex portions of the other, whereby a thickened zone or girdle results which is broad over the median line in front and rear and narrow at the sides over the hips, substantially as specified.

2. A. union undergarment made of tubular knit fabric consisting of waist and drawers sections united about the lumbar region by two serpentine seams the convex parts of the serpentine ends of said sections being overlapped and sewed together, substantially as specified.

3. A union undergarment composed of a waist section and a drawers section, the contiguous terminals of which are bounded by a serpentine line, the upper open end of one section being inserted into the open end of the other, so that the convex parts of one section shall overlap the convex parts of the other section, whereby a thick Zone or girdle will result having its upper and lower mar gins of serpentine configuration being broadest in front and rear and narrowest over the hips, substantially as specified.

4. A union undergarment composed of waist and drawers sections made from plain, tubular knit fabric, said sections being telescoped and sewed together about the lower part of the abdomen and lumbar region, thus forming a thickened girdle about those parts which parts are integral with the fabric of the body of the garment, the sleeves and legs of which are finished with ribbed cuffs and anklets respectively, substantially as speci fied. y

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Bennington, Vermont, this 31st day of December A. D., 1913.

A. BUEL SIBLEY.

In the presence of EMILY SCOTT, FRANKLIN SCOTT,

F. HAVILAND SIBLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

